Constant Art

@jamesturell @rcu_ksa @artsalula #wadialfann American artist James Turrell (b.1943) uses space and light as the medium of his art. He transforms enclosed spaces into intimate and profound
experiences of light and color as well as building architectonic scale pavilions in cities and natural landscapes that engage the sky and the cosmos.
This exhibition presents documentation of the monumental sequence of chambers for his upcoming commission for Wadi AlFann, AlUla. It also includes three early works, each a meditation on the nature of seeing.
Alta (1968) transforms the dim corner of a room into an ethereal luminous pink pyramid that appears sculptural. An
installation works evokes an abstract version of the flickering light of an old fashioned television screen.
An example from his Hologram series produces the experience of a fragment of pure light fixed and
floating in space. These works generate what Turrell describes as ‘the wordless thought that comes from looking at fire?
Turrell lives and works in Flagstaff, USA the site of Roden Crater an epic work set in a volcanic cone in the Arizona desert. His Skyspaces and pavilions are located around the world.
This exhibition is curated by Michael Govan, CEO of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art where he curated Turrell’s major retrospective exhibition in 2013.
Part of the AlUla Arts Festival, this exhibition continues in Madrasat Addeera, part of the AlJadidah Arts District.